Lol first time I've heard that little story about the rumoured sanctioning of the FIA against Vettel's insult with the engine sound. Right FIA take Vettel's 3rd place away and watch the nuclear fallout with the FIA acting like North Korea.
Bianchi and Magnussen have been given penalty points and Ricciardo's been given a 10-place gride penalty despite the fact they all served their penalties. This is disgusting.
The points thing i understand. Not sure why Ricciardo has 10 places. When did he serve the stop-go? Was it immidiately before he retired?
He apparently did serve it around a couple laps after his wing was changed but I don't think cameras showed it.
So many of the reporters are stirrers or just ask stupid questions theses days. I want to know about the big stories, not stories the reporters want to make up.
I've missed this, so Ricciardo served a penalty during the race, and gets one for the next one too? If that's for the same offence, it's ridiculous.
As I understand it the penalties can be served at a pitstop or applied after the race, and if a driver retires it's carried over to the next race in the form of a grid penalty. Red Bull were planning to retire him so they got him in to serve it at a pitstop so he wouldn't get a grid penalty but the FIA were having none of it. Marussia did exactly thing with Bianchi but didn't get a penalty. The FIA really are a disgrace, that's twice they've shafted the lad in his first two races for Red Bull. He should be second in the championship.
Apparently the rules are so harsh that they get both for an unsafe release all the time, even if they do retire.
Understand the penalty points, make perfect sense. So Ricciardo did serve his penalty during the race? I can't remember it
That's absolutely ridiculous if true. The drive through itself is harsh since an unsafe release is invariably a race wrecker, but why such a difference between this and other offences such as speeding in the pitlane and ignoring yellow flags? It's a complete knee-jerk to Germany last year, the FIA are a shambles.
I don't see why the drivers should be punished so harshly for something that the team do! I can see why they get one or the other, but to get both is just a pisstake. Bahrain is already spoiled.
I thought he had, he was so far ahead of Hulkenberg that he must've crossed the line first on his inlap, and he passed him on his outlap, I couldn't see anything saying he'd done it though. He'll bag a few more this year I'm sure. Clark (twice), Ascari and Mansell all managed three in a season, I think Hamilton will soon have that record to himself.
Unfortunately. The FIA will see it as a positive that he's out of position but it's supposed to be a sport not Wacky Races. They hand out grid penalties for all sorts these days, it's going to start getting really messy later in the season once teams start running out of engine parts and the drivers have racked up more penalty points.
He should bloomin' well drive faster then. It made total sense to let Bottas go and see what he could do.
